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Beaucatcher Tunnel. / 35.598417°N 82.538472°W / 35.598417; -82.538472. Beaucatcher Tunnel carries U.S. Route 70 (US 70) and US 74A through Beaucatcher Mountain in Asheville, North Carolina. Work on the 750-foot (230 m) tunnel was started in 1927 and completed in 1929. The tunnel has two lanes and sidewalks separated from the traffic ...
Asheville Citizen Times columnist Bob Terrell reflected on the tunnel in a Nov. 2, 1980, article, writing that the new pass would bring a "multitude of blessings to Asheville," though "it's a ...
The mountain borders the eastern part of downtown Asheville and has three main roads that tunnel through and go over the mountain. They are: US 70 / US 74A via Beaucatcher Tunnel (completed in 1927), I-240 via Beaucatcher Cut (completed in 1980), and a Town Mountain Road ( NC 694 ) which leads towards the Blue Ridge Parkway .
History. NC 81 was designated in 1934 as a renumbering of NC 10 from US 25 (current Biltmore Avenue) to US 70/ US 74 (current US 74A). [3] The road was then extended in 1937 when US 25 was rerouted in Asheville. NC 81 was placed south along Biltmore Avenue to the current end of the road at the intersection of US 25 and US 25A.
The Innsbruck Mall, at 85 Tunnel Road, is owned by Sky King Inc., a subsidiary company of Ingles Markets LLC. The 1965 mall was purchased by Sky King in 2020 for $8.3 million after the mall was ...
An East Asheville shooting April 18 has left one person dead, police said in a news release. ... Asheville Police responded to the 160 block of Tunnel Road around 3:13 p.m. for reports of a ...
State. Scenic. ← NC 231. → NC 241. Interstate 240 ( I-240) is a 9.1-mile-long (14.6 km) Interstate Highway loop in the US state of North Carolina. It serves as an urban connector for Asheville and runs in a semicircle around the north of the city's downtown district between exits 53B and 46B of I-40. Between those points, I-40 continues in ...
The was closed from Milepost 367.6 near the Craggy Gardens Picnic Area to Milepost 375.6 at Ox Creek Road, a popular section just north of Asheville, at the height of leaf peeping season.